School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.24 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Viet Nam, 1976–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Viet Nam recorded 1.24 GPI for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in 2016. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 23.6% on the previous year and up 27.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Viet Nam peaked at 1.24 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.3172 GPI, in 1981.
Viet Nam ranks 79th of 177 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 0.6732 GPI | — |
| 1977 | 0.5049 GPI | -25.0% |
| 1978 | 0.4502 GPI | -10.8% |
| 1979 | 0.4534 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 0.3172 GPI | -30.0% |
| 1998 | 0.6715 GPI | +111.7% |
| 1999 | 0.7765 GPI | +15.6% |
| 2000 | 0.7371 GPI | -5.1% |
| 2001 | 0.7525 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.7765 GPI | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 0.7835 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.7218 GPI | -7.9% |
| 2006 | 0.973 GPI | +34.8% |
| 2007 | 1.01 GPI | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9972 GPI | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 1.01 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 1.02 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 1.03 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9082 GPI | -11.5% |
| 2014 | 1.06 GPI | +16.2% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPI | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 1.24 GPI | +23.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5204 GPI | 0.4502 GPI | 0.6732 GPI | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.3172 GPI | 0.3172 GPI | 0.3172 GPI | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.724 GPI | 0.6715 GPI | 0.7765 GPI | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8626 GPI | 0.7218 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.04 GPI | 0.9082 GPI | 1.24 GPI | 6 |
Countries ranked near Viet Nam
- 76 Kyrgyzstan 1.27 GPI compare
- 77 Trinidad and Tobago 1.26 GPI compare
- 78 Grenada 1.26 GPI compare
- 80 Bulgaria 1.24 GPI compare
- 81 Kazakhstan 1.23 GPI compare
- 82 China (People’s Republic of) 1.22 GPI compare
More education data for Viet Nam
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 380,535 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 22.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 106.33 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 106.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Viet Nam?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Viet Nam was 1.24 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 1.24 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3172 GPI in 1981.
- How does Viet Nam rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Viet Nam ranks 79th out of 177 countries with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Viet Nam data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.